Movies Based on Books
Before our meeting, we watched the movie Inkheart. The book, Inkheart, was written by Cornelia Funke. A lot of you said that you enjoyed the movie so maybe we could try another movie party! We played a game of charades, where we acted out scenes from the book. I wish we had more time because we could have talked about the differences between movies and books.
Here is a basic understanding the differences:
In books the writer uses:
In films, the film-makers use:
pictures
sound
Here is a basic understanding the differences:
In books the writer uses:
- narrative
- description
- dialogue
- interior monologues / expression of thoughts
- figurative language (images, metaphors)
In films, the film-makers use:
pictures
- ways of shooting: angles, camera movement, scale etc.
- lighting, colours, contrasts etc
- misè-en scene – setting, props, costumes, make-up
- actors and acting – looks, expressions, gestures, movement etc.
- editing
sound
- language
- music
- environmental sounds
- sound effects